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Creative Art Therapist at Shelter-Based After School Program

Job Description

Community Counseling & Mediation (CCM), a Brooklyn-based multi-service agency who contracts with the NYC Department of Education, is seeking a Creative Art Therapist for a Shelter-Based After-School Program at PS46 in Brooklyn. The Creative Art Therapist will work with Elementary School Children who come from Shelter-based housing.

The ideal candidate will:

Have a degree in the field of Mental Health

Have experience leading art activities with young children

Have some knowledge and experience working with homeless families and/or special needs of vulnerable populations

Be able to create activity plans and have the expertise to lead art activities for individual therapy sessions and group therapy sessions

On occasion, be able to visit parents and communicate effectively with them